METRO officially signed the agency's biggest contract in history, a deal that was announced at yesterday's board meeting by Frank J. Wilson, METRO President and CEO. Early last month, METRO's board of directors approved the $1.46 billion construction contract with Parsons Transportation Group. This project is expected to ...

    In a historic vote today, the METRO board approved a $1.46 billion contract with Parsons Transportation Group to build four light-rail lines in Houston. "Today is obviously a very significant milestone," said David S. Wolff, METRO's chairman of the board. "Our objective is to improve transit in Houston, ...

  Calling it a planned detour on an off-ramp, METRO released Washington Group International (WGI) as its lead facility provider and today named Parsons Transportation Group as its new lead contractor, tasked to do $12 million of work on three light-rail lines by December. Frank J. Wilson, METRO's president and CEO, said at a news ...